We Rule the Land! *Flit Hatching*

[Aika]

In hindsight, she probably should have just left the small egg alone.

Goblenn lay on her stomach in front of the small green thing. The now-shivering egg was currently nestled in a nest made from her cloak, with the larger wher egg standing not too far away in a mound of clothing. It was an interesting thought, to have something look up to her without judgment. The ghost of a smile passed across her face for a moment before it disappeared as fast as it had come. Next to her was a bowl of fresh meat rolls lay steaming, their smell enticing the thief to grab one and nibble on it thoughtfully.

The egg had been wriggling on and off for a while now; maybe the egg was doomed for failure? She reached forward and stroked the shell softly, sending what she thought to be encouraging feelings to the unborn creature. She secretly hoped that it was a shadowy Ebony, or a midnight Blue, or a swampy Green. Anything that could not easily be seen in the shadows, really. Of course, if the flitter was of average or even bright colors, it wouldn’t be as suspicious as one of a darker hue… Goblenn shook her head. How was she going to even take care of these once they hatch? She can’t feed the flitter meat rolls forever, and she’s pretty sure that one doesn’t simply feed a baby wher such things.

The thief shook her head, midly dismayed. Who am I kidding? Why did I even buy this egg? she asked herself. Because it was big, the small, greedy part of her brain replied. She shook her head, exasperated with herself, and jumped a little when the egg under her palm gave a violent twitch. It was hatching soon. Very soon.

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[Kitsuneko]

The egg was slow and methodical in hatching, but eventually there came the cheeping sound of a hungry, new-hatched fire lizard. Aristide felt the flick of the hatchling's tail as tiny shards of the destroyed egg pelted his cheek. He set the hatchling down so he could grab the food, and the hatchling inspected her (he was fairly certain it was a her) surroundings. She was quite the calm and fair-tempered little lady so far, not as demanding or pushy as Kaleo had been at hatching, and he smiled. He could certainly grow to like this new flit.

The fire lizard apparently noticed Aristide now that he had the food ready, and she let out a croon of welcome as she walked over to him, curling her tail around his wrist. She had clearly already chosen to bond to him; he could feel her hunger as she watched him, and she gently asked for food.

Aristide smiled as he fed her. "Aren't you a proper little lady?" He said as he handed over the meat. He cocked his head to one side, trying to think of a name that fit this regal flit. Hmmm, actually..."I think your name will be Regal." The newly-christened Regal hummed approvingly and continued her meal.

[Bellatora]

Bellatora looked down at her flitter with a smile. So she was a gold, hmm... oh and she did not like being ignored. Or the gold wher egg she had bought... Well. She would just have to put up with it. "Here, lil' queen..." She handed her a piece of jerky and watched her eat it up quickly and swiftly, giving a little cough. "Let's try a smaller one..." She handed the flit a smaller piece of jerky and tried to make sure that she wouldn't see her little gold choke again and that she actually chewed. "We'll call you Mai (My) as you seem to be a pretty possessive pretty thing."

The flitter chittered, but she was tired from stuffing her belly with bits of dried meet which were honestly not as tasty as she deserved to have had. But that was alright... Hers loved her. Hers had a queen. Hers would take good care of her. The little flitter whistled and crooned a soft song.

Bellatora smiled. "Yep. You are definitely going to be named Mai." She looked at the gold that was stretched out on her forearm.

[Wish]

Tag Aika:

Yeah, like now about soon. The flit chirped once, gave a shove, and poked its head straight up and through the egg shell much easier than most of its siblings had. Okay, so maybe he just had a knack for getting out of trouble then, that was a good thing right? The Ebony blinked carefully, his eyes alight with hungry oranges and reds, and yet an alarmed and nervous yellow was there too. Everything was so sharding big, mother firelizard why in the world did everything have to be so sharding big!

It wasn't even that he was a tiny flit, as far as Ebony's went anyway, he was fairly normal sized. However, it just was so vast and scary, and there were monsters hiding in there and just everything. Trilling, the flit poked his head back into his egg, giving a keen when the movement sent the rest of the egg cracking and then falling off his body, exposing what was a very sleek back and long whip-like tail...and no wings.

Nope, nada, none at all. The flit stared for a moment, then cheeped. Well good who in there right mind wanted to go up high anyway? Looking around and hunkering low to the ground the firelizard craned his head up to stare at the ScaryOnes going past. They were going to step on him, OH CRUEL, IRONIC WORLD THEY WERE GOING TO STEP ON HIM!

Screaming his thoughts to the nearest person, which happened to be Goblenn, the Ebony ducked down under his own body, curling up into a tight ball and shivered. No place like home, no place like home, no place... Well, that hadn't really worked, and the more the flit saw, the more he became afraid. Shoes were stones ready to fall on him, clothing was now great tidal waves of land ready to smother him, and oh Faranth the dark!

The moment the flit closed all the lids to his eyes to try and escape it all he squawked, jumped a foot or more into the air, and landed in Goblenn's lap. GREATPROTECTOR SAVE HIM, SAVE HIM!

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Type Firelizard
Rank Ebony
Size At full growth: 16 Inches
Personality
Likes to run around, has odd quirks and fears *anything irrational you can think of*, sticks close to His, takes a while to trust others, Extremely scared of his garnet sister and the dark

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[Aika]

A chirp came from the egg. Well, then. Goblenn scooted closer to the egg, dragging herself into a seated position. It seemed like she was going to find herself a new companion after all! She was happy to see that it was an inky Ebony, all whip-like and agile and-

Wingless. Okay then. Goblenn’s eyebrows knit together, caught in a moment of confusion. Weren’t flitters supposed to have wings? She didn’t have time to dwell on the matter, for the poor thing was jumping at everything he seemed to come across. She tried to calm him down at first by trying to grab at him, but he was so fast!

She tittered a bit when he curled up like a poor helpless child. She went to scoop the wingless Ebony up, but by the time her hands were almost under him, he was up and running around again, landing in her lap. Aww, the poor baby, he was so scared he was shivering! Carefully cradling the newborn firelizard in one hand and grabbing her forgotten meatroll in the other, she tried to coax the black flitter out of his ball to eat. It took a long time, but eventually, the Ebony slowly uncurled himself, sniffed at the meatroll, shied away from the meatroll, keened because he was sure that the meatroll was going to eat him, and then finally accept that it was food, not him. Even Goblenn was surprised by the amount of patience she exuded for this daunting task.

He had calmed down considerably, and was now trilling quietly and eyes whirling soft shades of green and blue, with just the lightest touches of yellow. A smile finally crept across the thief’s face for longer than a dashing moment. He looked up to her for safety, to protect him from all the scary things in the world… She stroked along his spine, grateful that there were no wings to get in the way. “My little Phobi,” she whispered to him, stroking him until he slipped into a peaceful slumber. Yes, her little Phobi. She would make sure none of the scary things took him away from her.

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[Zero]

Well now that didn't take very long did it? Before he could blink really his little egg had given a violent shake before completely shattering, sending bits of egg and goo in every possible direction. The shattering Theo was mostly prepared for however, it was the little thing that spilled from the egg that completely caught the fishman off guard.

"What in the-...?" Now he had seen some pretty odd things in his day, during the time spent out at sea, but it always managed to throw him off each and every time. The first thing he noticed was the colors and the size; Faranath was she tiny! And, he cocked an eyebrow as he observed the little hatchling, tailless. Not to mention her coloration. "Well aren't you just a poster flit of abnormalities?" Muttering under his breath he watched her a few moments longer, noticing as she went from pleased to somewhat down and out, before the hatchling threw herself at his wrist and tried to hang on for dear life.

Picking her up properly, Theault held the hatching in front of his face to get a good look at her while he examined her from head to ta-er, foot. "That lack of a tail is going to give you lots of trouble up in the air. Ah, but you'll be okay." He was hesitant about placing her on his shoulder as she didn't have a tail to help hang on but the little flit grasped at his tunic, automatically, with her claws and nestled in close to his neck. "What to call you, eh?" Offering the hatchling a meatroll, Theo bit into one himself as he leaned back in his chair to think on the matter. It had to be a good one thats for sure.

[Jilli]

K'gan stared at the egg he'd bought as he laid on his back in a hammock Dal had created in the back of his booth at the gather. Oddly enough, Orath had insisted on coming along and she rested her head across his lap staring at the egg as intensely as her rider.

"I wonder what it's going to be mine? Do you think it'll be a green? like me?! " She perked up a bit as the egg twitched. Was it time?

"Shush Orath. It looks like we wont have to wait too much longer!"

He smiled and sat the egg gently in his lap to await the appearance of his new friend. He wasnt sure if he should have bought the egg, but he wanted it.

He and Orath were doing okay, he was getting better around dragons, she was getting better around people. It seemed like it was about time to add another facet to their family dynamic. Hence the egg that now rocked to and fro under Orath's careful watch. She was tense, he could feel her anticipation mingling with his own as they waited.

What would this little one be?

(sorry it's so short)

[Wish]

All of his clutchmates had hatched, and it was high time he did too. Yes he, for the egg definitely held a male. Breaking against his shell, the firelizard chirped as a bit of light filtered into the egg. He was almost free, he could taste it! Sighing, the firelizard let his body lay against the shell for a moment, his chest heaving. A bit of earthy toned hide shown against the side, a slight metallic sheen betraying his color.

Finally, having caught his breath, the young Bronze struck his tail against the side of his egg and sent the remainder shattering. There! He had done it, he was free of his prison. So, this was his world? A whole new world, a place he had never known before. Breathing in the fresh air he chirped at the nearest human, hopping up onto the boy's shoulder. Alright BigGuy, what's next? That's what he seemed to be saying.

His little wings opened up, stretching and popping as he arced them above his head. It felt good, very good to be free. The Bronze didn't want anything holding him down, nothing at all. The most he'd take was His, and of course GreenHis. GreenHis was the only girl for him. Trilling the Bronze wrapped himself around the boy's wrist, his wings tucking in against his side. Oh yeah, life was good.

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Type Firelizard
Rank Bronze
Size At full growth: 36 Inches
Personality
Doesn't like being in charge, loner, wants to see everything and anything, the King that just wants to be a Peasant sort of guy, Laid-back, Understanding and Patient